Anyone knows of a place to get keyfob Programmed

[ralphy4321]

Anyone knows of a place to get keyfob Programmed

I bought the new key for $330.00 thinking this was all included, I took the key home, certain functions does not work. Now they told me i need to pay $200 for a hour labor to program key. Anyone know of a cheaper just of good way in Manhattan. Or is BMW of Manhattan only way to go?

[neilrmp]

Originally Posted by ralphy4321

Anyone knows of a place to get keyfob Programmed

I bought the new key for $330.00 thinking this was all included, I took the key home, certain functions does not work. Now they told me i need to pay $200 for a hour labor to program key. Anyone know of a cheaper just of good way in Manhattan. Or is BMW of Manhattan only way to go?

Did you buy it from a BMW dealer?

[ralphy4321]

Yes I did.

[motordavid]

A year ago I had to get a new key, as I had lost one (and then found it 20 mins after I got the new one, natch)...
NEway, got it from a BMW Dlr: they got it in and programmed it in 10 mins to my orig settings. The programming was part of the ~$280 price, IIRC.

I realize NYC pricing after living/woikin' there for 3 decades, but I would beef about the un programmed new key.
GL, mD

[neilrmp]

found this, hope I am not breaking any forum rules:



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Programming A New Key Fob - Very Easy - No Dealer Needed
I just purchased a 2011 CPO X3. Although the dealer knew one of the two key fobs was missing for almost four weeks before I closed on the car, they did nothing. Nevertheless, they finally sent me a new key fob (I live 250 miles from the dealer).

There was a lot of confusion about how to activate / program the new key fob. The dealership I bought the car from had no clue at all (BMW of Morristown, NJ) and offered no help - the salesman lost all apparent interest after I bought the car. I called a number of other BMW dealers and received a lot of conflicting advice ranging from make an appointment and we charge 1/2 to one hour of labor, to, you can easily do it yourself but we don't know how. After finally receiving the new key fob, I called the local BMW dealer (Burdick - Syracuse, NY) to make an appointment. Instead of just making an appointment, the service advisor put me on hold and went to some effort to find out if an appointment was really needed. This is what the she accurately told me.

Simply take the new key fob and hold it against the marked spot on the right side of the steering column and then start the car (obviously a working key fob is needed). That's all it took to activate the new fob. In fact, the Nav screen immediately popped up with a request to name the profile associated with the new key fob.

Since there was so much confusion I thought I would at least post something that is searchable in case anyone else needs to do this in the future.
Last edited by RhoXS; 07-27-2013 at 04:25 PM.